Carolyn Ramo, Artadia’s new director, spent the last 12 years of her career in the New York gallery world, first at Nicole Klagsbrun, then as a production director at David…
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A few weeks ago, Artnews’ feature on Gary Tinterow discussed the Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s plans to build a new wing for modern and contemporary art, at a cost…
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Gallery days, art nights, first fridays, etc.: making a scene
by Claire Ruudby Claire Ruud“Please, someone, do the research and write a really in depth article on the nature of getting people in the door [of galleries] versus the likelihood that they buy something…”…
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The Cost of Turnover, or how museums could pay more and spend less
by Claire Ruudby Claire RuudThere’s been a lot of management turnover within top tier Texas museums over the past year. [Quick recap: Just 13 months ago, Simone Wicha replaced Ned Rifkin as Director of…
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Blindsided? CAC New Orleans and Organizational Crises in the Art World
by Claire Ruudby Claire RuudAbout a year ago now, I published a series of articles introducing readers to some of the financial metrics consultants, academics, and others have used to evaluate the financial stability…
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Interview with New Artpace Executive Director Regine Basha
by Claire Ruudby Claire RuudJulieta Aranda, Hills Snyder and Regine Basha at Sala Diaz Regine Basha was recently appointed Executive Director of Artpace, San Antonio, a position she’ll assume less than a month from…
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When I ask Mark Goodman, Graduate Academic Advisor in the Department of Art at the University of Austin, what he wishes he could tell his 25-year-old self about a career…
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Long gone are the days when a CEO could simply cut a company check to his favorite charity. Now that it has become clear that companies can get the social…
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Why should we care about the rise of the arts management professional? Because the institutions that produce art—institutions made up of people who have a set of experiences and frameworks…
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Why Ladies Get in Free, or The Nonprofit Art Space as Platform in a Two-Sided Market
by Claire Ruudby Claire RuudWhy do “ladies” always get in free? Because dance clubs serve a two-sided market. On one side of the market, men, on the other, women. The more women in the…
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Back of the Envelope: Speculation on the Economic Impact of an Art Fair
by Claire Ruudby Claire RuudIn the wake of Miami, it seems an appropriate moment to address the economic impact of the art fair. Just before Art Basel and its myriad satellites opened last week,…
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Think of a newlywed couple moving in together for the first time. Writing the prenup was hard and planning the wedding was an emotional rollercoaster, but the work of synchronizing…
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When the AMoA and Arthouse announced that they were beginning discussions about some sort of merger, it kicked up a dust storm in Austin worthy of West Texas. And friends…
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Cases such as the high profile merger between Dance Theater Workshop and the Bill T. Jones Dance Company, which together became New York Live Arts, have inspired talk of an…
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As a follow-up to my article, “Mind Games, Museums, and Suggested Donations,” I’ve been looking into the ways that museums set their general admission prices. Discussions regarding museum admission often…
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(Relatively) Smooth Sailing for the Dallas Museum of Art
by Claire Ruudby Claire RuudI was excited to see that The Dallas Morning News started a series on “Money in the Arts” on the financial state of metroplex arts organizations in August. The first…
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Pricing strategy. In the for-profit world, business school classes spend semesters on the topic, entire books are written on its nuances and staff positions—even departments—are devoted to analyzing, tweaking and…
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The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston: Crunching the Numbers, Part III
by Claire Ruudby Claire Ruud(For Part I and Part II, click here and here.) This series has considered the finances of a number of mid-sized, contemporary U.S. arts institutions outside of the major contemporary…
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(To read Arthouse and the Dallas Contemporary: Crunching the Numbers, Part I, click here.) In 2009, the Austin Museum of Art (AMOA) cancelled its plans for a new building downtown…
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Arthouse and the Dallas Contemporary: Crunching the Numbers, Part I
by Claire Ruudby Claire RuudIn an attempt to figure out what the hell has been going on at Texas institutions lately, I’ve been playing around with some numbers. Since the contemporary arts organizations I…